UP TO DATE. 



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port of the Methodist Church at Jerusalem which came 

 partly from Cohasset. The population and wealth of the 

 town was not increasing half as rapidly as its religious 

 efforts during the twenty-five years following the 

 divorce. 



The services of the Sabbath were morning and after- 

 noon, with an intermission of one or two hours, while the 

 Second Church * held a Sabbath-school and a prayer-meet- 

 ing in addition. A wood-burning stove had been placed 

 in the old meeting-house for the first time in 1822, Febru- 

 ary 3,f and the new church from its beginning possessed 

 this modern convenience. 



Foot stoves also were needed to soften the temperature 

 where the feeble stove could not penetrate. The instru- 

 mental music afforded was made upon bass viols and 

 violins until after 1850, when pipe organs were installed, 

 first in the old church, then, 1857, in the new one. 



The general requirements of the service for public wor- 

 ship increased as culture and "creature comforts " became 

 better regarded. One of the phenomena of this develop- 

 ment was the growing unwillingness to travel far in order 

 to attend service. The dwellers in Beechwood, three 

 miles away, sent only a handful of attendants to the two 

 churches upon the plain, while some others were cultivat- 

 ing Sunday habits of a sort that injures any community. 

 As early as the year 1S59 several persons commenced 



*.'\ LIST OF PASTORS OF THE SECOND PARISH 

 (CONGREGATIONAL). 



Rev. Aaron Pickett, 

 Martin Moore, 

 Daniel Babcock, 

 Frederick A. Reed, 

 Calvin R. Fitts, 

 Moody A. Stevens, 

 Granville Yager, 

 John W. Savage, 

 E. Victor Bigelow, 



t See Joel Willcutt's diary. 



November 15, 1826-May 7, 1833. 

 September 4, 1833-August, 1841. 

 June 9, 1842-June 9, 1847. 

 March 9, 1848-March 13, 1866. 

 April, 1868-October 12, 1870. 

 April 18, 1871-June 20, 1878. 

 June 20, 1878-February 6, 1883. 

 December 30, 1883-November, 1890. 

 September 24, 1891- 



